The online tour information service Pollstar has just added a listing indicating that New Orleans-based funk band Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be in St. Louis on Saturday, June 7 to perform at the Broadway Oyster Bar.Bandleader Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (pictured), who plays trumpet as well as trombone, is one of New Orleans' most popular musicians these days. He won top honors at the Big Easy Music Awards in New Orleans earlier this month, earning the Best Male Performer award, and was voted as Offbeat Magazine's 2007 Best of the Beat Performer of the Year, while Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue won Best R&B/Funk Band.
The 22-year-old has already made several high-profile appearances on national television, performing for the re-opening of the New Orleans Superdome on the NFL’s Monday Night Football pre-game show on ESPN, and making his acting debut on the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Andrews' Studio 60 performance leading a group of New Orleans musicians in a brass band rendition of “O Holy Night” became a popular online video download. For more on Andrews, see this interview he did last year with USA Today.
In addition to Andrews, Orleans Avenue includes Mike Ballard on bass, James Martin on tenor sax, Pete Murano on guitar, Charlie Smith on keyboards and Joey Peebles on drums. You can see them performing in the video window embedded below, which shows an excerpt from a club performance last October in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
(A caveat for the reader: Although Pollstar's listings are usually accurate, shows should be considered unconfirmed until officially announced by the venue in question. )
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